‘Columbia Spectator’: Commuting Sucks, Subway Riders Mean
The Columbia Spectator, the student paper showcasing the finest young minds in journalism, has a unique payment policy for writers: The Ivy League rag pays by cliche. At least that’s one might deduce...
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Union Square’s Fight Club
This is rich. A few steps from the 4/5/6/N/R etc. subways, in a broad stretch of pavement normally used for busking, dance crews, and sitting on the steps with friends and a cigarette, an urban Fight...
View ArticleThe Trainjotting Reader: NORTH RIVER Vol. II
Last week we offered a bit of the newish Pete Hamill novel North River, a Depression era tale of a troubled doctor dealing with his demons and with the abandoned three-year-old boy Carlito left on his...
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Subway Gropes on Upschwing
Sexual harrassment on the subway is on the rise, reports the NY Times’ City Room. The worst stretch of subway for the gropage is the 4-5-6 between Union Square and Grand Central, and the typical...
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The Post Where I Pitch My Books
Guess what turns 1 in a matter of days: My New York Commuter’s Glossary. You know, the book that coined commuter phrases such as Booze it or Lose it and Phantom of the Stopera, and lone-word descrips...
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